The following portals contain amazing talks, discussions, lectures and presentations which are educational and also incredibly entertaining: TED; The RSA; BBC Podcasts; Archive.org.

Did I forget something?

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Now, where to find the time..!

This is not a call for spending more time online. Just spending it better.

Social media, of course, has its advantages. It is the most comprehensive communication platform in history, so great for spreading the message, reaching people en-masse, and filtering out information. More often that not, however, it’s just a lot of noise and silly chatter.

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3 thoughts on “Sharing Economy: 1 | Education”

Pity that you will not be able to attend……but i will share the interesting details:
This is just a glimpse into what an opulent opportunities are available…….

Digital Learning Reimagined, a professional development and networking event being held on Thursday, February 19, 2015, 3 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at Ryerson University.

We invite educators, entrepreneurs, content and media design experts, publishers, industry leaders and decision-makers to examine digital learning and engage in an insightful exchange of ideas and strategies needed to address the transformational changes occurring in academia and the workplace.
Speakers include top American experts such as scientist and game-maker, Jeremy Friedberg, founder of Spongelab game-based learning; Philipp Schmidt, Director’s Fellow at MIT Media Lab and co-founder of Peer 2 Peer University; Audrey Watters, a journalist specializing in education technology; George Veletsianos, Canada Research Chair in Innovative Learning and Technology; Stephen Downes, Senior Researcher at National Research Council of Canada, Co-creator of the MOOC, and, Marie Bountrogianni, Dean of The Chang School, Ryerson University and a former cabinet minister.

A very much tempting!
You listed all my favourite and beloved sectors’ links. How not to be tempted? And just not to throw glance? Please add MOOCs (massive online open courses), as one of the first initiatives of free online learning – proudly Canadian!
Certificate bound! That is something…
Will write back – this is very much To Be Continued…